An email to constituents from Lakewood Trustee Paul Serwatka: [I am well aware that this is the longest, and perhaps most disturbing email I have ever, and hopefully will ever, send. But, I believe it is important. I implore you … Continue reading
Category Archives: Catherine Peterson
A press release from the Village of Lakewood: City of Crystal Lake. The recent transition of fire service to the City of Crystal Lake through a long- Village Announces Departure of Village Manager After 14 years of dedicated service to … Continue reading
Here’s an email I got from Lakewood Village Trustee Paul Serwatka while we were on vacation: June Lakewood Village Board Meeting Reporting on our June, 2016 Village Board Meeting (We are only meeting once per month in June, July and … Continue reading
Been wondering what’s up with the proposed Lakewood SportsPlex, the Tax Increment Financing District and the restaurant which the Village announced it wanted to replace the current lakefront Village Hall. I filed a Freedom of Information request a couple of … Continue reading
Today we continue with bond analyst Steve Willson’s commentary on the documents produced by the Village of Lakewood pursuant to my Freedom of Information Act request concerning the SportsPlex and Tax Increment Financing District: Notes on the Lakewood TIF FOIA … Continue reading
Got the following information from Lakewood Village Administrator Catherine Peterson about the proposal to put a restaurant where the Village Hall is now located. I asked about a cost-benefit analysis, which I assumed existed, and some other questions. The initial … Continue reading
We have now reached the 24th of March, two weeks before the April 7th Lakewood Village Board election in which write-in challenger Paul Serwatka was campaigning on opposition to the SportsPlex and the recently established Tax Increment Financing District. We … Continue reading
I picked up a pile of paper two weeks ago at my Lakewood Village Hall. It took hours to flip through. Twice. I can’t tell you I fully understand what was provided and I have no idea what was not … Continue reading
I picked up a pile of paper two weeks ago at my Lakewood Village Hall. It took hours to flip through. Twice. I can’t tell you I fully understand what was provided and I have no idea what was not … Continue reading
Two issues were considered for the second time at Tuesday night’s: slot machines at bars and restaurants in unincorporated McHenry County electronic billboards outside of municipalities Also called video poker machines, the electronic devices will be allowed after a 15-9 … Continue reading
Taxpayers complained about the golf course tax throughout the 1990’s. It was the approximately $500 a year property tax that I and other village residents paid that sensitized me to non-referendum bonds. At a village board meeting I was told … Continue reading
The Lakewood village board unanimously approved economic incentive and annexation ordinances that allow the $40 million, 165 acre McHenry County SportsPlex to proceed. The result is three happy guys, Lou Tenor, EnRico Heirman and Jack Porter, plus a plethora of … Continue reading
Pete Gonigam’s First Electric Newspaper reported it first, but he didn’t have the map you see below. What you see in orange is the new area within McHenry County designated by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Development as … Continue reading
The outgoing Lakewood Village President is Julie Richardson. You see her above (second from the left). Sitting to her right is Julie Hansen, the village clerk. To her left is Village Administrator Catherine Peterson and Village Attorney Richard Flood. For … Continue reading
For banning phosphate fertilizer, the Village of Lakewood won the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County Theta Award last night at McHenry’s Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. Accepting the award on behalf of Village President Julie Richardson was Village Administrator … Continue reading